Lead Lighting Artist (Call of Duty)

Location: Middleton, Wisconsin, United States; onsite work schedule of four days per week

Salary: $99,200–$183,520 annual base pay

Company

hirify.global is a major interactive entertainment company, with Raven Software contributing to the Call of Duty franchise.

What you will do

• Lead a team creating and implementing real-time lighting for gameplay and cinematics.
• Partner with the Art Director, artists, designers, programmers, and Production to deliver visual and technical quality.
• Direct volumetrics, color grading, post-processing, and image effects to support visual and narrative goals.
• Prototype lighting approaches, improve workflows, and spearhead lighting R&D initiatives.
• Guide day-to-day execution, iteration, feedback, milestone planning, and resource forecasting.
• Mentor artists, foster open communication, and promote performance, efficiency, quality, and accountability.

Requirements

• 8+ years of lighting experience, including 2+ years in a Lead role, in real-time game development or equivalent film/television experience.
• Expert experience with Unreal, Unity, or equivalent proprietary game engines and lighting tools.
• Strong experience with baked and dynamic lighting, light probes, reflection probes, post-processing, color grading, and image adjustment tools.
• Strong understanding of PBR workflows, physically correct lighting, color theory, post-processing techniques, and industry lighting trends.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving, leadership, and mentoring skills.
• An inspiring reel demonstrating realistic lighting, modern workflows, and creative technical solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience with Call of Duty tools or other proprietary engines.
• Background in environments, animation, VFX, compositing, procedural workflows, or basic scripting.
• Experience optimizing performance for console and PC platforms.
• Strong traditional art foundation and passion for the Call of Duty franchise.

Culture & Benefits

• Respectful, collaborative, direct, and low-ego studio culture.
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings or reimbursement accounts, and insurance programs.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays and vacation, sick time, floating holidays, parental leave, and bereavement leave.
• Mental health, wellbeing, fitness, legal, identity protection, and other voluntary benefit programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available if the company requires a geographic move for the role.